Evangelos Marinakis: Nottingham Forest owner issued five-match stadium ban due to spitting near officials
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was issued a five-match stadium ban for improper behaviour after a loss to Fulham; an independent regulatory commission has confirmed the behaviour amounted to spitting near officials; Marinakis has denied the allegation
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was issued a five-match stadium ban after spitting near officials, an independent panel has found.
Earlier this month, the FA charged Marinakis with behaving improperly around the City Ground tunnel during Forest’s 1-0 defeat to Fulham in September. Marinakis denied this charge.
However, an independent regulatory commission has released its written reasons behind the sanction, saying there was “no excuse” for such an “egregious display of disrespectful behaviour”.
What evidence was given to FA?
Quotes attributed to referee, Josh Smith: “As I walked down the tunnel at the end of the match, Mr Evangelos Marinakis, the owner of Nottingham Forest, was stood on my left-hand side at the end of the tunnel.
“As I walked past him, he spat on the floor next to my left foot. This was also seen by James Mainwaring and Tim Robinson.”
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